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lliviTnn STATES PATENT Tricia MARION W. WISWALL, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

APPAREL DUSTING-CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,670, dated December11, 1900.

Application filed uly 1900.

T0 otZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARION W. WIsWALL, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Dusting-Gaps, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full, clear, and exact .to enable those skilled in the artto which it appertains or with whichitis most nearly connected to makeand use the same.

The present invention relates to caps such as worn by ladies while doinghousework; and the object is to produce a light-Weight cap attractive inappearance and useful and inexpensive. In carrying out this object Iusea square or rectangular pieceof material, preferably a gentlemanshandkerchief, and by turning the corners under and gathering themarginal portion all around, securing the same by means of a tape, andrunning an elastic through the tape I convert the handkerchief into anattractive cap of novel design.

The drawings which accompany and form part of this specificationillustrate an em bodiment of the invention. 7

Figure 1 represents the completed cap in side elevation and in place onthe head. Fig. 2 represents a hand kerchief, such as preferably employedin making the cap, in condition to be brought to the desired shape bysimply manipulating the elastic or draw-string.

The reference-letter o. designates the central portion or body of thehandkerchief, and b the border. The corner portions 0, which will comeat the front of the cap, are doubled under just enough to preserve thesymmetry and regularity of the border of the cap,while the cornerportions d, which will come at the back part of the cap, are doubledunder to a much greater extent to conform to the desired marginalcontour at the back, Where an extension for the neck is to be produced.A strip of tape 6 is extended entirely around the under side of the cap,said tape preferably following a central line of thehandkerchiefborder 1) around the front and sides of the cap, butextending across the rear part some distance from the said border. Thistape is stitched along each edge to the handkerchief, and portions ofthe tape overlie the doubledunder corner portions 0 and d, so that theSerial No. 25,333. (No model-J formed by the tape, the ends of theelastic being fastened together. This completes the cap, except that 1preferably fasten a bow of tape or ribbon g to the front part at themiddle.

By turning under the corner portions cl, as shown, and carrying the tapeacross the central portion a of the handkerchief on the line of theforward edges of the said corner portions a neck-covering h is formed ofthe rear portion of the cap.

It will be seen that by the construction here shown anddescribedlaccomplish the object of producing an attractive andserviceable dusting-cap which can be inexpensively manufactured.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is as follows:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a ladys dusting-cap made of arectangular piece of material having the corners folded back andfastened down and the entire marginal portion gathered an elastic beingextended around such marginal portion a uniform distance from the edgealong the front and sides and a considerably greater distance from theedge at the back to formaneck-covering, substantially as described."

2. As a new article of manufacture, a ladys dusting-cap made of arectangular piece of material having the corners folded back; a tapeextended around the marginal portion on the under side and securedthereto and to the folded-back corner portions to fasten down the same,said tape forming a loop or keeper; and an elastic run through the sameto gather the marginal portion of the cap, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 24th day of July, A. D.1900.

MARION W. WISWALL.

Witnesses:

JOHN MURRAY MARSHALL, Amen R. BROWN.

